New research suggests that factors like age, sex, body fat and the amount of sugar in your blood play a significant role in the progression from pre-diabetes to a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

And about 20% of people with serious health effects but lower BMI would now be considered clinically obese, experts said. “It ...

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

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Patients with vitiligo or alopecia areata had lower BMI and lipid dysregulation, but this relationship was not observed in patients with psoriasis.

Obesity was associated with improved overall survival (OS) after curative resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly those who did not have low sk ...

We've slapped a tax on sugary drinks, watched prices rise, and people bought less soda—but their waistlines didn’t seem to ...

Because of this, BMI isn’t a good tool for everyone. For example, studies show that Asian adults may be at higher risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes at a lower BMI than White adults.